🧵 /sumo/ - Off-Basho General
Anonymous at Mon, 9 Dec 2024 18:55:43 UTC No. 217298
race you to the tawara edition
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:53:32 UTC No. 217341
>>217331
Why didn't they fuck?
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:51:32 UTC No. 217356
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56G
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:17:54 UTC No. 217366
To be honest guys
it's depressing me that I will never get to be a yokozuna or perform a dohyo-iri
all because I was born in America and had never heard of sumo until I was too old to try it
it's like having a stillborn dream
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:26:55 UTC No. 217367
>>217366
The flipside of your dream Is having chronic back pain and dying of a heart attack at 60
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:28:11 UTC No. 217368
>>217367
Probably still accurate.
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:23:19 UTC No. 217370
>>217368
Nah my back is in good shape and and I'm in decent condition. Probably still die younger though since I'm 6'4".
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:29:22 UTC No. 217371
>>217370
I hope you do.
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:33:52 UTC No. 217372
>>217371
I hope they don't, just to cancel out yours.
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:49:27 UTC No. 217373
>>217372
Thanks bro
>>217371
Don't worry, manlet jealousy is just a fact of life for men like me, I don't take it personally
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:12:56 UTC No. 217376
>>217366
There are approximately 60 million Japanese men alive today. Only seven of them have worn that rope. The odds would have been against you, even if you were Japanese.
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:14:41 UTC No. 217377
>>217366
Technically you can be a yokozuna if you find one of the regional stone lifting competitions and win it. They use sumo ranks too, including yokozuna.
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:14:13 UTC No. 217381
>>217377
A fun idea. I could definitely do that. I used to compete in the highland games so it's right up my alley.
>>217376
Not to dox myself but I have set a couple strength records. I don't doubt my abilities.
Hell, if the JSA raised the max age to my current age I'd fly to Japan tomorrow.
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:02:14 UTC No. 217415
Asanoyama's comeback, does he win makushita?
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:47:06 UTC No. 217416
>>217415
Is he actually returning for the January basho? If he's been recovering well, it should be a 6-1 minimum, but I imagine some random MsTD schmuck will get a lucky win on him to deny the zensho-yusho.
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:48:55 UTC No. 217417
November 2025: Asanoyama makes it back to makuuchi and snaps chicken legs' ankle again
Anonymous at Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:16:34 UTC No. 217418
>>217331
>"kimarite, uwatedashinage"
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:45:28 UTC No. 217422
>>217366
If you weren't a high level athlete in a sport growing up, it wasn't going to happen no matter where you were born
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 02:04:24 UTC No. 217424
>>217422
I dunno about that fellow, but in my youth I was the best foosball player this state has ever seen, I could easily have been yokozuna.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 02:44:10 UTC No. 217425
>>217424
Haha, don't sweat it bro. The aspersions of the weak don't bother me, they never have. Frankly, it must be quite sad to have so little self confidence. I feel bad for you guys lol.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:33:47 UTC No. 217442
>>217425
It isn't normal or confident for a random American to think he could rise to the top of ozumo. It's the arrogance of an inflated ego. It's precisely that arrogance which has prevented you from being as successful as you think you could be. It doesn't matter how much weight you can lift or how loudly you shout that your detractors are just jealous of your power, if you can't muster up the strength to humble yourself then you'll forever look at men like a Yokozuna with envy.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:04:46 UTC No. 217445
>>217442
You over value sumo their technical skills are so fucking bad they don’t understand what an under hook is on top of their other shit. There’s a reason why mongols dick whipped them for 20 years to the point they made a rule to stop foreigners from taking over their primitive grappling sport.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:17:38 UTC No. 217447
>>217445
>their technical skills are so fucking bad they don’t understand what an under hook
For sandamne shitters sure, but anyone who makes yokozuna is at least competent at wrestling, including the oshi specialists.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:39:08 UTC No. 217448
>>217447
>yeah but the highest rankers knows what they teach grade schoolers
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:01:57 UTC No. 217450
>>217445
>>217448
Stop exaggerating. You can see guys doing underhooks/overhooks at jonokuchi level. It's asinine to think guys who spend their whole lives wrestling can't figure out a concept universal to all grappling arts.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:58:58 UTC No. 217460
>>217445
Cope.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:15:52 UTC No. 217466
Weaklings mad lol
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:57:18 UTC No. 217467
To be honest I thought you guys would commiserate because we all love sumo, but it seems the general self-opinion here is that you'd never make it, you'd never do anything of worth, you suck, and you're weak. Bros, I think that is just sad. Why be like this? Who would want to hang out with people like this?
I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:32:18 UTC No. 217469
>>217467
Nabatame deserves to be demoted. He was the lowest rank in juryo and he had a losing record, so he should be reduced in rank accordingly. Its unfair to sumo fans and the the other rikishi to give him favoritism, he did nothing to earn a juryo rank so he shouldn't have one.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:00:35 UTC No. 217471
>>217467
You look at top rikishis and think "I could do better than him". That's insulting to anyone who actually loves sumo.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:10:29 UTC No. 217472
>>217471
That's not insulting at all. It's only insulting if you're a shitey little worm like you.
Anonymous at Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:13:00 UTC No. 217474
To be honest guys
it's depressing me that I will never get to be a jonidan or get a 0-7 make-koshi
all because I was born in America and had never heard of sumo until I was too old to try it
it's like having a stillborn dream
>this is what losers actually think your aspirations should be like
Pathetic, truly. Pathetic. If this is your attitude, you're a fucking loser.
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:31:36 UTC No. 217482
>>217467
You are mentally ill. Please stop using the internet.
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:40:53 UTC No. 217484
>>217469
Lmao stay mad
>>217467
I think I could have easily made it to top 30 makushita. Everyone below that are certified shitters.
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:26:07 UTC No. 217498
>rikishi are technical
>proceeds to lose the next 20 years to wrestlers that know the basics
>dominated so bad they had to make a rule to stop getting shit on by foreigners
I love sumo but it’s such a shit grappling sport from a technical standpoint and if you disagree you’ve never put on a gi or been on a grappling mat. How can you dispute the whenever 4 of the top 10 greatest are foreigners and only 1 of the Japanese goats are recent the others are before the 90s.
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:30:56 UTC No. 217500
>>217498
>muh foreigner domination
There's plenty of foreign wrestlers who never make it past being maegashitters. Asashoryu and Hakuho are outliers.
>if you disagree you’ve never put on a gi or been on a grappling mat
post your belts, medals, and trophies
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:54:48 UTC No. 217501
>>217500
>b-b-but muh outliers
>doesn’t win a title for a DECADE
>only started winning because they were forced to step up their grappling and the one foreigner rule so they could lessen the ass blasting
Sumo is a valid and technical grappling art btw
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:39:10 UTC No. 217502
>>217501
>didn't post rank
confirmed for never putting on a gi or been on a grappling mat
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:54:21 UTC No. 217520
>>217502
Grappling is for literal homosexual faggots
That's why rikishi aren't into it
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:08:53 UTC No. 217524
Somehow...Chris has returned
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:49:52 UTC No. 217530
>>217501
Sumo isn't a "grappling art", sumo is sumo. The man who wins the title is the man who does the best sumo. The JSA doesn't care about your faggy martial arts, and nor do we.
Anonymous at Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:21:08 UTC No. 217533
>>217524
He didn’t talk about kotozakura crazy how he can win a title and start a legit Yokozuna run but gets no flowers. If I was zak this would fire me up no partying just work and rest.
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 03:23:41 UTC No. 217540
>>217524
Did you think he was gone? You can see on his patreon he's constantly posting footage of 15 year old boys wrestling.
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 06:23:11 UTC No. 217546
>>217540
I would never go on patreon
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 18:14:03 UTC No. 217569
imagine 20 years into the future, hakuho and futagoyama both reach 65 years old and retire, hakuho has raised 4 yokozunas and a dozen ozekis, dominating sanyaku and taking how countless emperors cups, but futagoyama regardless having raised only one sekitori who peaked at m4, is far wealthier than hakuho because he put videos of rishiki farting on youtube
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:10:11 UTC No. 217571
>>217569
Two sekitori.
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:27:18 UTC No. 217573
>>217569
Old man Futagoyama isn't making it to 50, let alone 65.
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:40:33 UTC No. 217575
>>217571
1.5 sekitori
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:41:15 UTC No. 217576
>>217569
>hakuho has raised 4 yokozunas and a dozen ozekis
>Hakuho raising good prospects
lol
lmao
He got carried hard by Makushitter Tsukedashi candidates. Dudes like Isegahama run circles around Hakuho in the raising sekitori department.
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 20:41:00 UTC No. 217582
>>217571
Soon to be 3 Mita will make it next year.
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 20:46:19 UTC No. 217583
>>217582
Mita won't make it, he is a midget. Smaller than Midorifuji.
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:38:16 UTC No. 217585
>>217583
He's only 2cm shorter than Ura
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:57:35 UTC No. 217589
>>217298
>Schedule:
https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnTicket/yea
>Banzuke:
http://sumodb.sumogames.de/Banzuke.
>All the sumo links and how to watch live:
https://rentry.org/uwbgc88d
>>213766
Unrelated, what are your hopes for sumo in 2025?
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:19:55 UTC No. 217590
>>217589
Having an actual yokozuna for more than one year would be pretty sick. I started following sumo for Aki 2020 and by then Hak+Kak were already one foot in the grave, and we only got about one good year out of Teru before his everything started shitting the bed too
I'd like to see nephew get the rope because I find is retarded shitheel antics enjoyable, but I'd settle for zACK or onosato
Man, remember when Kiri and wktkkg seemed like possible yokozuna candidates? A year ago somehow feels so far away...
Anonymous at Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:55:34 UTC No. 217594
>>217590
The clown era hasn't peaked yet. The next Yokozuna will spend a year jobbing to rankers.
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:07:37 UTC No. 217597
>>217594
mortal lock guarantee onosato is 9-6 the basho after he gets the rope
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 02:04:25 UTC No. 217603
>>217589
>Unrelated, what are your hopes for sumo in 2025?
At least one new yokozuna by the time they get to London. I think Hakkaku is hoping for that too.
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 03:03:28 UTC No. 217607
Sumo stable rankings (unofficial)
1. Iseghama - Yokozuka + 6 overall in makuuchi, undoubtedly the top stable
2. Oitekaze - 6 sekitori, sekiwake highest
3. Kise - 6 sekitori, most in juryo
4 Sadogatake - ozeki + 1 in makuuchi and another in juryo
5. Arashio - 2 in sanyaku + ching chong juryo
6. Takadagawa - 2 M13s + 2 in juryo
7. Tatsunami - ozeki + 1 in makuuchi
8. Nishonoseki - ozeki + 1 in juryo
9. Tokitsukaze - 2 in makuuchi + chaos magik
10. Sakaigawa - 2 in makuuchi
11.Hakkaku - 1 in makuuchi, soon to be 2
12. Kataonami - 1 eternally in makuuchi, another about to make a brief appearance before heading back down to juryo
13. Hanaregoma - 1 in makuuchi, 1 in juryo
14. Isenoumi - 1 in makuuchi, 1 in lower juryo
15. Onomatsu - 1 in lower makuuchi, 1 in lower juryo
16. Fujishima - 1 in makuuchi (but its bushozan), 1 in juryo
17. Nakamura - 2 in upper juryo
18. Shikoroyama - 1 Abi
19. Tokiwayama - 1 Takanosho, 1 former ozeki
20. Futagoyama - 1 in makuuchi, 1 dingleberry dangling off the absolute ass end of juryo
21. Kokonoe - somehow manages to have 1 in makuuchi & 1 in juryo and still be worse than Futagoyama
22. Ikazuchi - 1 Shishi
how good is this ordering and which did I get in the wrong order?
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 03:24:15 UTC No. 217608
>>217607
Ajigawa unaccounted for. Naruto unaccounted for. I don't want to be that guy, but did you consider the potential sekitori within those stables or are you just counting the current ones?
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 03:26:39 UTC No. 217609
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 04:42:17 UTC No. 217612
>>217546
It took me two seconds to get from his channel to his patreon when you started posting the "Chris is dead" stuff.
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 05:02:10 UTC No. 217613
>>217586
>while you were failing to fuck hostesses due to your gut fat, I was studying the blade
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 06:58:54 UTC No. 217619
>>217607
Tamanoi? You missed quite a few heya, fren
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 07:48:23 UTC No. 217620
>>217589
>what are your hopes for sumo in 2025?
A world tour so I can go grab some autographs on real hand prints.
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:07:19 UTC No. 217622
>>217589
The gay boyfriends match fixing scandal. It's only a matter of time in such a homoerotically charged environment.
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:59:46 UTC No. 217626
The beya system is an embarressment. Imagine being 30y old and having to share a giant room with 18y olds just because you're in makushita.
You obviously can't have a girlfriend in this environment, have to entertain their juvenile speech, have to do chores for a 20y old just because he's juryo...
Name one other sport where an athlete's professional life is just one never ending bootcamp.
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 13:44:44 UTC No. 217628
>>217607
Better to put them in tiers, I think.
Those stables with one sekitori and a dozen shitters are all basically equal.
Also, you missed a bunch of stables.
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:57:54 UTC No. 217635
>>217626
Git gud
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:25:40 UTC No. 217641
>>217590
Wtk was never going to make ozeki let alone yokozuna
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 19:33:42 UTC No. 217646
>>217626
You do realise you can just retire from sumo whenever you like, don't you? Nobody is forcing those 30 year old perma-jobbers to hang around with teenagers or do chores. Of course, when they do quit, whether that be at 25 or at 45, they'll have to work awful low-paid jobs and live lonely lives in tiny apartments. They can't and won't suddenly stop being losers. For many men like this, life in a stable, with all its drawbacks, is an infinitely warmer, happier, and more appealing prospect than life on the outside. They've been there since they were 15 - they're completely institutionalised.
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 19:49:37 UTC No. 217647
>>217646
if their stable has a good supporters club then they end up with pretty good jobs
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:25:55 UTC No. 217649
>>217626
It’s hard for zoomies to understand but some people are not afraid of working. They don’t want to sit alone in their goon cave and jerk off to tranny porn all day.
Anonymous at Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:52:45 UTC No. 217652
>>217647
>if
Look at that abortive attempt at a stable rankings list above. Sure, if you're in a prestigious and well-connected stable, someone might take pity on you and pull the relevant strings. But there's only ever so many chanko restaurants waiting for a middle-aged loser to run them at any given time, and if your oyakata has failed not only in turning you into a competent wrestler, but also in introducing you to a proper network of contacts, you're shit out of luck.
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Dec 2024 02:19:11 UTC No. 217674
>>217646
>>217652
There's a reason they tell everyone that sumo is a way of life, and not a sport.
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Dec 2024 03:02:20 UTC No. 217678
>>217619
>Tamanoi
not a real stable, having 1 shitter in juryo doesn't make the grade
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:41:22 UTC No. 217701
Who are going to be the protagonists of the 2025 season?
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:58:03 UTC No. 217716
>>217651
They were working him hard
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:59:42 UTC No. 217717
>>217621
lmao like that'll ever happen
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:22:18 UTC No. 217738
a new ep of doskoi sumo salon has been dubbed
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:39:03 UTC No. 217739
>>217738
Sugoi
Anonymous at Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:27:30 UTC No. 217745
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/
Anonymous at Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:06:33 UTC No. 217746
>>217701
Whoever gets the rope first
Anonymous at Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:30:37 UTC No. 217755
>>217717
The Return is coming
Anonymous at Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:40:52 UTC No. 217774
>>217701
Kotozakura is already the protagonist of sumo
Anonymous at Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:33:59 UTC No. 217783
I promise that I won't job in January, /sumo;
Anonymous at Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:39:00 UTC No. 217784
>>217783
Ganbare!
Anonymous at Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:45:57 UTC No. 217785
>>217783
I don't believe you, Onokatsu
Anonymous at Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:24:19 UTC No. 217796
>>217746
vertical or horizontal?
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:08 UTC No. 217806
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp4
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:15:19 UTC No. 217830
Onosho has retired.
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:02:18 UTC No. 217832
>>217830
Man, gonna miss him. He was usually good for an exciting fight.
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:24:51 UTC No. 217835
>>217832
Damn that sucks he was undersized but had that fucking dawg in him
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:59:22 UTC No. 217841
>>217830
Thats a shame. Loved his victory over Hakuho during the first covid tournament.
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:20:03 UTC No. 217843
onoshover
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Dec 2024 02:30:47 UTC No. 217858
>>217844
Christ walking amongst the masses
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:09:56 UTC No. 217881
>>217701
I hope someone will get a jump in skill like Kiribayama did a couple of years ago and start a ozeki run. Could be Kotoshoho, or Gonoyama.
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:12:14 UTC No. 217882
>>217881
It might be time for kotoshoho to take a jump in skill but we don’t know the extent of his knee injuries for some reason it seems to bother him every other tournament. Zak had a knee problem but has recovered spectacularly despite being way heavier.
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:08:06 UTC No. 217895
>>217881
Could be Oho. He's still quite young and he's been able to survive in the joi all year, more or less.
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:48:11 UTC No. 217900
>>217895
I want to believe in Oho and the genetics of Taiho, but I don't know. The guy doesn't inspire anything. Yeah it was pretty cool to fight through the broken orbital in the basho before last, but the last one was a total wet fart.
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:09:38 UTC No. 217902
>>217881
Abi will be ozeki
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:41:50 UTC No. 217904
>>217900
>Yeah it was pretty cool to fight through the broken orbital in the basho before last
That was the moment it hit me that he just might actually have what it takes. He was still headbutting dudes afterwards. He didn't used to look like he cared about winning very much.
He's a slow learner, to be sure, but he is improving. Compare footage of him this year to last and he's hitting much harder on the tachi-ai, he's driving people back. Even with his soft body you can visibly see he's started hitting the weights more.
He needs to refine his tactics more and his footwork is getting better, but it's not anything close to Wakamotoharu or Kotozakura's.
>but the last one was a total wet fart.
True but, on the whole, he spent the last five basho in the joi and basically went .500, so he clearly belongs. If he can put the last finishing touches on his sumo, with his durability, he could be a force to be reckoned with for years. Naturally, of course, those last steps to go from "really good" to "great" are the very hardest to achieve, but he's right there.
Anonymous at Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:24:37 UTC No. 217918
>>217881
>Kotojobber getting a jump in skill.
No. It's going to be Shishi
Anonymous at Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:13:35 UTC No. 217922
>>217904
What you said about "caring about winning" is by far the biggest issue for a lot of otherwise incredibly promising men. I see far too many matches where someone gives up and stops resisting before even touching the tawara, and too many big strong boys that seemingly don't want to hurt their opponents too much, and they lose as a result of that. As somewhat of a gentle giant myself, I understand where they're coming from, but at the same time, they're professional fighters and they're doing themselves and their fans a disservice. I want to see them fighting like they genuinely hate each other.
Anonymous at Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:56:01 UTC No. 217927
>>217922
This is actually kind of the modern era, the "sportsmanship era". In like the 1980s the wrestlers weren't routinely giving each other a hand up on the dohyo, checking that the other guy is OK, and so on. They would just shove the fuck out of each other and go to their side to wait for the gyoji's announcement.
Anonymous at Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:48:29 UTC No. 217939
>>217881
Wakataka will make an ozeki run starting from March (January won't be good for him), and then explode his knee again.
Anonymous at Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:16:14 UTC No. 217955
>>217939
WakatakakACK
Anonymous at Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:36:31 UTC No. 217959
>>217958
never seen the crowd smile like that and it had to be to a serius beef
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:20:57 UTC No. 217961
>>217958
>Kisenos-ACKto
this was actually humiliating
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 10:26:45 UTC No. 217975
>>217958
What on earth was he thinking? Kisenosato was an excellent wrestler and fully capable of going toe to toe with the big boss man on a good day, and putting up a reasonable fight even on a bad day.
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 10:32:42 UTC No. 217976
Is sumodb dead?
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:43:37 UTC No. 217981
>>217958
Hakuho was fucking a prick. Thank God he's the GOAT, putting up with 20 years of this bullshit would be painful otherwise.
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:10:36 UTC No. 218000
>>217981
He didn't start that way. He was pretty respectful of his opponents during a fair portion of his yokozuna career.
Imagine that you are the top guy, and everyone has a chip on their shoulder when they fight you. It gets tiresome when its as lopsided as 45-16
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 19:08:41 UTC No. 218005
>>218000
There was more to it too, I wrote a post on it a while ago, you can probably still find it in the old threads
I'll take a look too
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 19:11:04 UTC No. 218006
>>218005
the thread it was in is dead
alas
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 19:14:32 UTC No. 218007
>>218006
Archives are up for xs. its slow enough that finding the sumo threads are easy if you remember where
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:02:40 UTC No. 218009
>>218000
I do remember reading that he was considered a good boy compared to Asashoryu.
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:06:48 UTC No. 218011
>>218010
nevermind right has a kid, I'm switching my dibs to middle
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:11:38 UTC No. 218012
Koga is already worse than Kikuchi, how is that even possible? He has lost a million times against Kikuchi in the last video and that taking into account that Kikuchi is a baby with no fighting spirit leaves Koga as a useless fighter with no talent.
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:12:53 UTC No. 218013
>>217922
>>217927
I also think it's more they sometimes don't know when to turn the "sportsmanship mode" off and on. Like it's fine to want to see if the guy is okay once you knock him off the dohyo but if he is still within the in the ring, you should be wanting to fling his ass into the upper part of the stands.
>I see far too many matches where someone gives up and stops resisting before even touching the tawara
In fairness, I think it's also because they want to keep a sense of control if they fall off and don't want to fuck themselves up with a bad tumble.
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:16:43 UTC No. 218014
>>218010
I feel like I recognise the girl in the middle - is this just a case of dey arr rook same or is she someone notable?
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:18:25 UTC No. 218015
>>218014
She does the MC'ing during the Q&A bit later so she must be employed by or related to the stable somehow
Anonymous at Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:46:48 UTC No. 218023
>>217976
It'll be back by next basho.
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 06:47:08 UTC No. 218041
>>218022
Those old bastards are so finicky
One of these days they should actually make a gyoji commit seppuku in the dohyo
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 15:58:35 UTC No. 218057
>kotozakura vows to make Yokozuna soon for Kitanofuji
Yeah he’s the mc
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 16:31:10 UTC No. 218062
>>218057
Kotozakura will usher in a new year and a new era for sumo. No longer will we have four or five clown bashos a year, no more will we see the san'yaku embarrass themselves, no more will we wait in vain for some real sumo. Count the days, it begins.
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:55:43 UTC No. 218073
>>218057
That's a lot of extra pressure to perform in January
To be honest I have no faith in Zak although I would like it if he succeeded
I just don't think he will
Hosh is going to come out gunning
and you know Onosato is going to be on point, so will Takerufuji
AND the Yokozuna is coming back
Whoever wins January is going to be Yokozuna tier
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 19:00:20 UTC No. 218074
>>218073
>Whoever wins January is going to be Yokozuna tier
Watch it be another M17 yusho.
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 19:50:46 UTC No. 218076
>>218073
Takerufuji's girl feet won't last though 15 days of high level competition. He is a career mid tier makuuchi wrestler, on par with someone like Shonannoumi who starts getting MKs when they get single digit ranks
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:04:14 UTC No. 218077
>>218073
Onosato will a non factor he can’t beat a on game nephew or Zak it took them at their lowest the basho before to beat them
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 21:54:55 UTC No. 218087
Banzuke is out.
>https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnHonbashoB
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:05:24 UTC No. 218088
>>218087
>Tamashoho M16
Good for him
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:14:08 UTC No. 218089
>>218087
This looks like a Tsurugisho juryo yusho, I can feel it in my blood.
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:15:58 UTC No. 218090
>>218087
I just noticed that sandanme got cut from 100 to 80 ranks.
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:17:42 UTC No. 218091
Aonishiki and Shishi bout confirmed for week 1
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:19:22 UTC No. 218092
how do i into sumo? i want to talk about sumo and watch sumo and understand it
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 22:27:30 UTC No. 218093
>>218092
https://rentry.org/uwbgc88d
Use the links here, has everything from streaming (provided it hasn't been terminated by the NHK ninjas) to sumo culture. Tournaments start on the second Sunday of every odd month and last for fifteen days.
Anonymous at Sun, 22 Dec 2024 23:48:35 UTC No. 218102
>>218092
Expressing any sign of interest in sumo already makes you one of the most devoted sumo fans outside of Japan. The rest happens organically - this time next year you'll have forgotten what life was like before you became a sumo fan.
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:05:32 UTC No. 218112
>nabatame promoted on a losing record
gay
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:32:40 UTC No. 218117
>>218112
Unless you meant to complain about him not being demoted for a losing record, his rank is still the same, Juryo 14 East.
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 04:00:19 UTC No. 218125
>>218089
Tsurugisho is the J3w this time
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 04:08:34 UTC No. 218126
Gonna be interesting to see if Aoishiki can keep on cranking out the KKs now that he is surrounded by a bunch of former makuuchi guys. No more free wins for him from bottom of the division sissies like like Nabatame this time. Nearly everyone he faces is going to outweigh him by at least 20kg and they're nearly all savvy vets.
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 04:17:15 UTC No. 218128
>>218126
I feel like everytime this is mentioned, he manages to find a solid KK; but I feel like this basho may be the one to actually slow him down.
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 04:41:04 UTC No. 218131
>>218128
I keep on wonder if or to what extent Aminishiki has taught him the extensive bag of techniques he employed. If Aonishiki's ability is limited to 'stay low, be strong and push' then he might be out of luck this time around, if he starts whipping out some of Aminishiki's old tricks then he might be able to overcome the size and experience differential he is facing.
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 06:25:13 UTC No. 218135
>>218092
The next tournament is on January 12. Watch some matches, pick a guy whose style you like, and follow along.
Here are the highlights from the last tournament to get you started:
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:38:01 UTC No. 218144
>Hakuoho back in makuuchi
Do people care about him anymore ?
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:42:36 UTC No. 218145
>>218144
Hakuowho?
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:57:23 UTC No. 218146
>>218144
I care. I think he'll be a fascinating case study of heya influence on rikishi.
If Hakuouhou were to turn back into a wrecking ball the moment he and Hakuhou get out of Isegahamabeya, wouldn't that demonstrate that different approaches to training benefit different rikishi, and evince a need for the possibility of changing heya?
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:30:11 UTC No. 218148
>>218144
I do he has amazing technique for his size if only his body could hold it together
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:36:49 UTC No. 218155
>>218144
I do, here's hoping he stays up there too.
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:12 UTC No. 218168
>>218135
What is gigachad doing there?
Anonymous at Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:29:02 UTC No. 218169
>>218168
Enjoying some sumo, like all chads do.
Anonymous at Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:56:37 UTC No. 218189
>>218156
>Chris says
Terunofuji has made no such declaration. In other words, he's saying that Terunofuji is in because Terunofuji would have to say something if he were out and he hasn't, meaning he has no news to share.
Anonymous at Tue, 24 Dec 2024 03:03:44 UTC No. 218192
>>218171
They made him Yokozuna.
Anonymous at Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:40:19 UTC No. 218202
>>217958
This is why Hakuho is the GOAT.
>Kisenosato mata's to try to disrupt Hakuho
>Hakuho knows the game and pretends to be angry
>Kisenosato mata's again to try and make Hakuho even more angry and throw him off his game
>Hakuho plays along and acts furious
>Kisenosato launches off the tachiai expecting Hakuho to attack him furiously
>Hakuho henka's and laughs
The GOAT won this match before the tachiai. The mental aspect of sumo is something that most don't understand or even take into consideration.
Anonymous at Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:07:30 UTC No. 218204
>>218200
Takakeisho going full bald would be pretty funny imo
Anonymous at Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:12:00 UTC No. 218205
>>218092
For you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cN
Check out sumopedia: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/
Watch the basho. It won't take long for you to get in the groove. Sumo is one of the best combat sports in the world.
Anonymous at Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:14:26 UTC No. 218206
>>218135
Great match!
Anonymous at Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:54:26 UTC No. 218211
>>218156
Even Chris does not say that.
Anonymous at Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:07:42 UTC No. 218279
>>218211
Chris says, I believe it, that settles it
Anonymous at Wed, 25 Dec 2024 02:27:39 UTC No. 218291
Merry Gripsmas, ya filthy animals!
Anonymous at Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:08:36 UTC No. 218352
メリークリスマス、相撲仲間たち
Anonymous at Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:39:44 UTC No. 218358
Red alert, Futagoyama-chads, those bastards at Tatsunami have launched a Youtube channel named "Sumo food - Tatsunami Beya". We need to figure out what our response should be before they gain traction.
Anonymous at Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:21:18 UTC No. 218369
>>218358
whoever wins the most matches in the next basho keeps the name
Anonymous at Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:31:04 UTC No. 218371
>>218358
I was just watching their video
impressive how thoroughly they copied Futagoyama's content structure
but that's not a bad thing
Anonymous at Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:54:47 UTC No. 218374
>>218371
In 2030, new sumo fans will argue over the superiority between Sumo food - Tatsunami Beya or Sumo food - Futagoyama Beya.
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:04:47 UTC No. 218375
>>218374
In 2030, only one will have a yokozuna on the channel. No one will be arguing.
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:11:04 UTC No. 218376
>>218375
In that case, I look forward to Sumo food - Ajigawa Beya.
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:58:42 UTC No. 218405
>>218375
Koga will be a force to be reckoned with, I agree. The 2025 growth spurt will be ridiculous.
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:59:19 UTC No. 218406
>Onosho retired
oh maaaaaan... i always enjoy his cross-arm tachiai. i remember i was so bummed about it when he stopped doing it
Anonymous at Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:45:20 UTC No. 218413
I watched that Tatsunami and its way better than Futagoyama. Meisei & Kiriyuko are a much more dynamic pair of leads than Yoga & Nabatame are